Bacup’s rich and varied history is beautifully illustrated through the photographs and artefacts in the Bacup Museum collections, as well as the memoirs of Bacupians from days long past. A time when every street was full of happy children, playing the popular street games, whilst parents sat on their doorsteps, chatting and watching the games.

As part of the annual national Heritage Open Day festival join us as we display various artefacts and written memoirs of characters such as “Joe Spratt” a well-known firewood dealer in Newgate. Joe never wore anything on his feet but his "Sunday clogs". These had a hand-carved pattern on the uppers, the uppers and wood soles being fastened together with brass nails all around the clog, which had a pointed toe and were highly polished. Joe's claim to fame was having walked down Broadway, New York, in his clogs.

There will be events happening all over the valley throughout the HOD Festival check out the leaflet for more information.